Happy New Year, ’98s! To kick things off I have an update from Peter Lanfer, who finished his Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and cultures at UCLA in June 2010. Now, Peter is returning to Hanover to teach in the religion department in winter and spring 2011! Stop by his office in Thornton Hall if you are on campus. And if you can’t make it to Hanover, keep an eye out for Peter’s wife Sarah (UVA ’02) as April Kepner on Grey’s Anatomy. Congrats, guys!


I also heard from Kristen Hinman: In early 2005 Kristen was working in St. Louis, Missouri, and reporting a story about a Democratic campaign staffed, among others, by a friendly Marine named Tim Embree. As Kristen wrote, “For some reason, after I quoted one of Tim’s off-color comments in the piece, he still wanted to buy me a drink! Four years and one tour in Iraq later we got hitched in Rome, New York, where I’m from, with many Dartmouth alums (going all the way back to the class of 1946) in attendance.” Kristen and Tim recently moved to D.C., where he works on legislative issues for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and Kristen is a freelance reporter. They’ve enjoyed reconnecting with Kytja Weir and her husband, Binya Appelbaum, and Jess Clark and her husband, Mike Harney, as well as Jon Heavey ’97 and Meghan Drueding ’97 and her husband, Tim O’Rourke. Thanks for the great update, Kristen—and hello to all you D.C.-dwellers!


In other news, the fall was a big baby time for the ’98s. First Matt Gordon got in touch to announce the arrival of Liam Alexander Gordon, who was born September 27, 2010, at a solid 9 pounds. “QB for the class of ’31!” (Wow, that’s a crazy number!) Matt, his wife, Kelly, and Liam live in Riverdale, New York. Matt works as a project manager for a web software company in Manhattan. Congrats, Gordons!


Next up is Eli Joseph Vogel, born September 30, 2010. Alex and Natalie (Wood) Vogel and big sister Calista (2 1/2 years) are very excited to welcome Eli and everyone is doing well. The Vogel family had a big fall adventure in 2010, with a move to Philadelphia for Alex’s fellowship in interventional radiology. Natalie is taking a temporary leave from pediatrics to take care of the kids for this gap year. And they’re interviewing for the next move, one that they hope will be more permanent, after moving from Massachusetts to Seattle and then Tucson, Arizona, during the last 10 years. But they’re enjoying their current digs: “Philly’s urban lifestyle is treating us well. We’re enjoying walking everywhere, neighbors who actually talk to one another and the food!” Natalie also reported the fun news that she and Alex have had the chance to reconnect with fellow ’98 Peter Yoo, his wife, Jocelyne, and their beautiful 3-month-old daughter Carolina. Peter and his family, like the Vogels, are in Philly for his fellowship, in transplant surgery. Congrats to the Vogels and the Yoos on the new arrivals! 


Finally, Nicolle Haneman Keally and Alex Keally welcomed Cassidy Elsie Keally to the world on October 14, 2010. Alex reports that Cassidy was “21 inches and a scale-topping 9 pounds, 6 ounces (so much for the sub-8 predicted).” Alex and Nicolle’s older daughter Hadley is 2 now and is by all reports being a great big sister. Alex confesses, “We recently moved out of Boston to the suburbs and also bought a minivan so we’re feeling very mature.” Yes, we’re all feeling frighteningly mature these days. Congrats, you guys!


—Jo Weingarten Golub, 93 Arlington Ave., Kensington, CA 94707; jgolub@kvn.com